This year marks 10 years since everyone’s favourite cult teen movie Mean Girls was released, so I (with a little help from Joseph and Holly) took a little look at what life lessons our favourite teen movies taught us that we carried into our twenties.

1. There is nothing you can’t get through in life if you have you have your friends by your side…even being turned into a guy!

Rachel McAdams certainly learnt that when she got turned into Rob Schneider a couple of weeks before prom in The Hot Chick.

2. That sometimes the loser does get the girl/guy in the end.

Remember when diner girl Hilary Duff kissed Chad Michael Murray in the rain at the football game in A Cinderella Story and gave all us geeky girls a little bit of hope for surviving high school?

3. That when a moment deserves a slow clap, “you’ll just know”.

Just like those guys in Not Another Teen Movie.

4. Being an introvert is not necessarily a bad thing.

Who wants to go out and party every single night when there’s books to be read and films to be watched?

5. Band geeks are not always as sweet and innocent as you might think.

Alyson Hannigan in American Pie, enough said.

6. You can love and hate someone at the same time.

Even if you’re just like Kat and can list 10 Things I Hate About You.

7. The “freaks” are the greatest people you will ever meet.

Remember Janice’s famous map of Northshore for Cady?

8. Just because he (or she) is popular or cool doesn’t mean they’re not a massive jerk. You’ll look back in 10 years time and wonder what the hell you were thinking.

As told by literally every teen movie ever.

9. Similarly, being part of the “in crowd” isn’t important and is more likely to be your downfall than anything else.

Something we wish we all knew when we were Thirteen.

10. If you feel like you’ve wandered into a horror film, you probably have! Run!

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